Mechanic Repairing a Multi Terrain Loader Pinned between the Loader’s Lift Arm and Frame – Massachusetts

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  On October 16, 2009 a 65-year-old male heavy equipment mechanic (victim) was fatally injured while repairing a multi terrain loader. At the time of the incident, the multi terrain loader's lift arm had a fork attachment connected to it and the lift arm was in a raised position. The victim had positioned a step ladder underneath the loader's raised lift arm against the loader's cab and it appears that the victim was standing on the ladder at the time of the incident. A co-worker returning to the worksite found the victim crushed between the loader's lift arm, which was now in the lowered position, and the cab. The co-worker placed a call for emergency medical serviced (EMS). Within minutes EMS arrived and the victim was pronounced dead at the incident location. The Massachusetts FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future, employers should: 1) Ensure that safeguards and interlocks are functioning properly, used and are never bypassed
  
  2) Ensure that the lift arm cylinder lock is engaged prior to exiting a multi terrain loader's cab during maintenance tasks requiring the lift arm to be in the raised position
  
  3) Ensure employees only start or access the controls of a multi terrain loader when seated in the loader's cab
  
  4) Develop, implement and enforce lockout/tagout procedures for maintenance tasks that include the use of the cylinder locks when the lift arm is required to be in the raised position
  
  5) Ensure employees are not performing potentially hazardous tasks alone in isolated areas
  
  and 6) Develop, implement and enforce a safety and health program that addresses hazard recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Maintenance Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Equipment-design Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operators Machine-shop-workers Maintenance-workers Mechanics OSHA Region 1 Repair-shops Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - General ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE09MA044
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040346
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2012-105555
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 09MA044, 2011 Jul ; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:72d1d91abb59750d5cf5f1be7e38b175f8bccf092220a083906a61fd5ee4887149b19ddbdf4bcb68d3dabcef3da93b12c6c7beaf74ed3c472a46819180c0014b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165223/cdc_165223_DS1.pdf
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